A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

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   Mike on September 10, 2021 at 1:39 pm

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   Idea: A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

   Link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/0...

   Once you got your ticket, there is little others can do to stop you littering the solar system.. and “Any American citizen who wants to launch a rocket or other kind of spacecraft into orbit must obtain authorization from the FAA, as would any foreigner who launches within U.S. territory. The FAA regulates the commercial sector’s space activities by requiring parties to obtain launch and re-entry licenses.”

   Do you need special permission to land something on the moon?

   Link: https://slate.com/news-and-polit

   Google recently announced its sponsorship of the Lunar X Prize, which awards $20 million to the first private firm to land a robotic rover on the moon...

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   astronut on September 9, 2021 at 3:19 pm

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   Idea: A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

   Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/spac...

   “Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.” Today, space lawyers are spending an awful lot of time debating what, exactly, that means.

   Who Makes the Rules for Outer Space?

   Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar

   International law is at odds with commercial ventures that are poised to exploit space-based resources.

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   8-BIT BOBBY on September 9, 2021 at 1:13 pm

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   what, and allow a single organization to decide who can and can’t go to space?

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  djloon on September 9, 2021 at 3:13 pm

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  Idea: A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

  Link: https://www.nap.edu/read/4765/chapter/10#1...

  what would you do to remove space junk? its a problem that will get worse before it gets better. ideas needed. Good explanation on this site though https://www.nap.edu/read/4765/chapter/10#136

  Read “Orbital Debris: A Technical Assessment” at NAP.edu

  Link: https://www.nap.edu/read/4765/ch

  Read chapter 7 TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE FUTURE DEBRIS HAZARD: Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as ...

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  Why Are You Reading My Name on September 13, 2021 at 7:14 am

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  Idea: A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

  Link: https://asgardia.space...

  asgardia?

  Asgardia - The Space Nation

  Link: https://asgardia.space

  Asgardia is a free borderless model of society, with knowledge, intelligence, science and the recognition of the ultimate value of each human life at its very core.

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   Mickey on September 9, 2021 at 11:27 am

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   Idea: A Space Mission Certification System to Help Avoid Space Debris and Collisions

   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5cvSzYMf...

   we need orbiting robots that clean things up for us. Just attract by going near with magnets, grappling and firing it down into a burn up.
   However ESA are working on it already.

   Earth’s first space debris removal mission

   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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